Chapter 32: The First Step (Part 1)
Amid the noisy voices, the firelight lit up the Su Mansion after nightfall. The green tiles and eaves, carved galleries and painted buildings, and the snowflakes fell, and were pushed away by the heat in the air or melted away.
Today's dinner just started, extending from a side hall on the side of Su Mansion. The size of twenty-six tables is round and square, with a population of just over two hundred. This is just an ordinary dinner for Su Mansion this winter. There are fewer other seasons, and as the end of the year approaches, the banquets are also becoming more frequent.
The three houses of the head of the Su Mansion, many relatives, some veterans who worked for the Su family, and some shopkeepers who gathered from all over the country this time have already been in the table. At the center of the round table, there are naturally Su Taigong, Song Mao, and several elderly people of the same generation as Su Taigong. In addition, Su Boyong and Su Zhongkan, the layout of the tables around is basically particular. Only those who have made contributions to the Su family can come in. For example, Su Chonghua, the mountain director of Yushan Academy, Su Yunsong, the big shopkeeper who manages business in one place, and other shopkeepers, even if they are directly in the three houses, must be in charge of the business. Only those with such status can sit nearby. If Xi Junyu is invited here, he will probably sit here.
As for Su Tan'er, although she is in charge of many things about the big room, she has not yet been named as a woman, and she sits farther away from Ning Yi. There is not much dialogue between the two, but it seems that her expression is normal. Of course, what are they thinking in their hearts, and it is hard to say.
From this table, everyone's rules for sitting down were much looser, just next to a square table a little later. Su Wenxing and Su Wengui were gathering together, occasionally looking at this side with ulterior motives.
At this time, Su Tan'er and Ning Yi were probably unexpected that in such an ordinary banquet, there would be several people paying attention to them all the time, and until the end, the emotions could not be resolved at all.
"Song Zhizhou and the others will definitely come over later, and then praise Ning Yi. Once Song Zhizhou talks about it, everyone will pay attention immediately. The show is about to begin."
Su Wengui thought he had seen this thoroughly, especially in the first few paragraphs of discussions over there, Song Mao mentioned Ning Yi once and said that he had good teaching skills. This idea became more certain. After about a quarter of an hour after the banquet began, the tables had started to move. Then another quarter of an hour, Song Mao picked up the wine glass and walked around the nearby area with Su Zhongkan.
As Song Mao's magistrate, it doesn't matter if he sits in the chairperson's seat, but he always has everything. When he walks around, he does not mean that he is the airs of his magistrate, but rather that he puts his figure in the position of the Su family as before. In this way, he has already given him a very considerate face to say a few tables around him. But then, he did look at Su Tan'er and Ning Yi in a casual manner, and then said a few words: "There is Tan'er in the Su family, and Li Heng is there..."
"I'll go over..." Su Wenxing picked up a wine glass and leaned over. He had just approached. He saw Song Mao and Su Zhongkan turn around and leave. He was slightly stunned and turned around and came back.
"What's wrong..."
"I don't know, my uncle just said a few words..."
"As the magistrate, I shouldn't have said much, I'm afraid the magistrate thinks the time is not enough." Su Wengui thought with a gloomy face, "Maybe he has to wait for his second sister and Ning Yi to go over to toast, so he can say something to take the school entrance exam."
The fire was lingering, and the banquet was going on, and the figures were walking around, and the children were playing, and the wine table was drinking and drinking. Several people had something to do in their hearts and had no mood to eat, drink and play. After a while, Su Tan'er and Ning Yi got up, and they also took the wine glasses and mixed in the crowd to the main table. Su Tan'er and Ning Yi came back after the wine, and Su Wenxing and Su Wengui also came back in confusion, looking at Ning Yi and Song Mao again, blinking their eyes, and then discussed. Not long after, Su Tan'er and Ning Yi got up again and had a conversation with Song Mao not far away. Su Wengui pushed Su Wenxing, Su Wenxing followed him... and came back with the wine glass again...
The banquet gradually dispersed.
If the old lady leaves, the rest can only leave after the old lady leaves. However, the old lady likes to talk to a few old brothers here, and the atmosphere is lively. Seeing that the time is almost the same, she smiled and waved her hand: "If you have something to do, if you are full and drunk, you will disperse yourself and disperse, haha..."
Some children had already started to take a nap after having sex, and some people had vomited and lay on the table. When the old lady said this, the atmosphere became more free. Some people left, and some people came to the table to greet the old lady and others and talked about some interesting things. Su Wengui and others' faces were gloomy. Su Wenxing had been boasting for several days because Song Mao was about to come, but at this time he felt that his face had fallen to the ground and eight petals were thrown to the ground. Now he can't fight.
"What, there's no chance..."
"Your uncle didn't plan to test him from the beginning..."
"If you can't tell me, your uncle will help you. Isn't it possible? When I come out, I will say that I will definitely say it at night..."
On the other side of his vision, Song Mao had already stood up, as if he was smiling and saying something: "I can't bear to drink..." He probably wanted to say goodbye, and Su Tan'er and Ning Yi had already gone to the old lady to say hello. When Song Mao was about to reach the door, Su Tan'er and Ning Yi also began to turn around and leave. Su Wenxing, who had a dark face, suddenly stood up: "Wait!"
The noisy voice was suppressed by these words for a moment, and then started to work again. Many people noticed him, so naturally they would not think that the sentence was directed at him. Song Mao at the door looked here, Su Tan'er and Ning Yi looked over in confusion, then looked around, turned around and continued walking. The old lady turned her head, looked at Su Wenxing, and blinked a few times: "Oh, Wenxing, what are you talking about? Is there something wrong?"
"I...I...Um...It's okay..."
He finished speaking and sat down angrily.
After a moment, he stood up again and chased Song Mao in the direction where he left.
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After leaving the banquet and returning to the room, Song Mao took a sip of the sobering tea that Song Kai had prepared long ago, and then washed his face.
He didn't drink much wine, but for him, it was just the degree of rinsing his mouth. At this time, his head was still sober. He sat down at the table, took out a post and put it aside. Then he ground the ink, took out a few pieces of rice paper to arrange it, prepared a brush, and put it in his hands to write, thinking in his heart.
Today I have gained a lot.
Chapter completed!